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microflyer en · NOUN

Etymology

From micro- + flyer.

Meanings

1. An extremely small aircraft that is typically used for surveillance.
   • The ability to hover as well as fly efficiently at low speeds is crucial for a microflyer designed for indoor surveillance. Accordingly, a loarge amount of research has been focused on rotary-wing and flapping-wing microflyer configurations. 2013, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Raul Jose Martin-Palma, Engineered Biomimicry, →ISBN, page 119:
   • The interpolation image algorithm (I2A) combined with a 1D camera array have been used onboard an indoor microflyer. 2014, Esmaiel Jabbari, Deok-Ho Kim, Luke P Lee, Handbook of Biomimetics and Bioinspiration, →ISBN, page 574:
   • Spy planes that are small enough to fit in the hand could be taking to the skies within three years. Called microflyers, the planes will have a wingspan of about 15cms and weigh less than 100 grammes. 1997 February 23, Mark Prigg, “Microplanes take shape”, in Sunday Times:
   • The 10-gram microflyer demonstrated autonomous operation using only visual, gyroscopic and anemometric sensors. 2008, Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Bio-inspired Flying Robots, →ISBN:

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